Ezr 10:11, Neh 9:2, 10:28, Jam 1:27 | ESV | STEP | Now then make confession to the Lord , the God of your fathers and do his will . Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives .

Ezra 10:11

11 Now then ^amake confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers and do his will. ^bSeparate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”

Nehemiah 9:2

2 ^cAnd the Israelites ^{▼▼Hebrew the offspring of Israel} separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Nehemiah 10:28

The Obligations of the Covenant

28 ^e“The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, ^fand all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding,

James 1:27

27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: ^gto visit ^horphans and widows in their affliction, and ⁱto keep oneself ^junstained from the world.